Table 1.
Bacterial strains and toxins used in this study
| Strain or toxin | No. included | Bacterial origin | Strain or toxin no. | CT-RTCA resulta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strain | 4 | Toxigenic V. cholerae | ATCC BAA-2163, 39541, 25870, and 51394b | P |
| 1 | Nontoxigenic V. cholerae | ATCC 55866 | N | |
| 1 | V. parahaemolyticus | ATCC 43996 | N | |
| 1 | V. alginolyticus | ATCC 17750 | N | |
| 1 | V. vulnificus | ATCC 27562 | N | |
| 1 | V. mimicus | ATCC 33655 | N | |
| 1 | V. fluvialis | ATCC 33812 | N | |
| 2 | Clostridium difficile | ATCC 43255 and 700057 | N | |
| 1 | Campylobacter jejuni | ATCC 33560 | N | |
| 1 | Enterobacter aerogenes | ATCC 13048 | N | |
| 1 | Clostridium perfringens | ATCC 27057 | N | |
| 1 | Escherichia coli O157:H7 | ATCC 43888 | N | |
| 1 | Listeria monocytogenes | ATCC 19111 | N | |
| 1 | Shigella flexneri | ATCC 55556 | N | |
| 1 | Salmonella enterica | ATCC 51960 | N | |
| Toxin | 2 | Cholera toxin | LBL 100Bc and SAC C8052 | P |
| 1 | Clostridium difficile toxin A | EMDC 616379 | N | |
| 1 | Clostridium difficile toxin B | EMDC 616377 | N | |
| 1 | Shiga toxin | LBL 161 | N | |
| 1 | Diphtheria toxin | LBL 150 | N | |
| 1 | Heat-labile toxin | LBL 65B | N |
a
P, positive; N, negative.
b
The four V. cholerae toxins included serotypes Ogawa serovar O1 (n = 2), Inaba serovar O1 (n = 1), and serovar O139 (n = 1). ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; SAC, Sigma-Aldrich Co.; LBL, List Biological Laboratories; EMDC, EMD Chemicals, Inc.
c
The cholera toxin was isolated from V. cholerae type Inaba 569B.